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Post by Anonymous Andy on Aug 6, 2020 2:25:26 GMT
I recognize 3's faults, but the Roman reveal worked just fine for me and the ending wrapped things up in a nice, neat bow. 4 undid all that -- which is fine -- but didn't have anything to say and felt like a waste of time in the end. Also felt like SteveBuscemiHelloFellowKids.gif: The Movie with its attempts at current relevancy. Side note: I had the Scream 3 ending spoiled by a user in a Yahoo! chatroom by the name of Scream3KillerisRoman back in January 2000. Good times, good times. I wonder how they knew considering 3 was kept so tight that it didn't even have test screenings... although 4 did, and because of that the killers were all over the Internet the next morning so I had a similar experience. Glad to know spoiler assholes always existed. The Roman twist was so soap operatic. Long lost brother twists are always shit to me. Plus it felt like they were adding an unnecessary layer to the mythos just to make Roman stand out. So he's the guy who told Billy why his mom left...whoopdie do.
4 was a little hammy in its messaging about "kids today", but it's still a clever deconstruction to me to have the person attempting to "reboot the series" be Sidney's cousin in attempt to usurp her fame. Rather than an old man trying to be hip, it was kinda ahead of its time with stuff like The Force Awakens. If I'm remembering correctly, the Yahoo! spoiler happened the weekend the movie came out. I couldn't afford going to the theater and was probably stuck at home watching TRL and/or Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. 🤔
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